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 Mother Information - December 4, 2008
| Researchers have found that in the northern hemisphere, being born in May has been tied to an increased risk of developing multiple sclerosis later in life, while being born in November carries the lowest risk. Researchers published their findings on bmj.com and suspect that complex interactions between genes and the environment before or shortly after birth may help to explain this link | | Surgeons operated on a 2-month-old Pakistani girl Tuesday to remove two fetuses that had grown inside her while she was still in her mother's womb, The Associated Press reports. The infant, named Nazia, was in critical condition following the two-hour operation at The Children's Hospital at Pakistan Institute of Medical Science in the capital, Islamabad | | A new study shows that not all new mothers who show signs of anxiety and stress are suffering from depression. The study suggests that post-delivery stress and anxiety can occur separate from depression. The study looked at more than 300 new mothers and assessed them using the Edinburgh Postnatal Depression Scale (EPDS) and the Depression, Anxiety and Stress Scales (DASS) | | Earlier this week, Gloria and Emilio Estefan donated $1 million to the Miami Project to Cure Paralysis. The money will fund a cutting-edge clinical trial laboratory at the research center. The Miami Project says recent breakthroughs in paralysis research at the center suggest clinical trials are on the horizon and this gift will position researchers to move quickly toward human trials | | New York, New York (AHN)-Investigators with the Women and Infants Transmission Study Group report that early diagnosis of an AIDS-defining illness in children, who acquired HIV infection from their mothers, is associated with impaired cognitive development | |
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